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Monthly Updates

Construction (626k, updated 09/23/08)

Data starts as early as 1970 with varying degrees of detailand is usually available through the month preceding the current month. Data includes:

• Residential permits by county (most recent month)
• Census estimates of housing units by county (2000 to 2007)
• Single-family permits by city (through 2007, then year-to-date)
• Multi-family permits by city (through 2007, then year-to-date)
• Residential building construction value (most recent month)
• Non-residential building construction value (most recent month)
• Non-building construction value (most recent month)
• Metropolitan square footage and value by year (through 2007)

Consumer Price Index/Cost of Living (541k, updated 09/25/08)

Consumer Price Index for the US from 1994 to 2008, and the MSA since 1918 through 2007, including:

• Detailed items for the MSA
• Annual inflation by month for the US and bi-yearly for the MSA
• ACCRA Cost of Living Indicators for the MSA

Employment by SIC Major Division, 1-digit, and 2-digit codes, and NAICS Super-sector and Sub-sector codes (815k, updated 10/03/08)

Monthly non-farm employment estimates for Kansas and Missouri (since 1939), the Kansas City MSA, the Kansas City, MO and the Kansas City, KS areas of the MSA (since 1970) through May, 2008.  Starting in 1990 data are reported using the North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS). Prior data were reported using the 1987 Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) Manual through the end of 2002. 

Employment, Unemployment, and Civilian Labor Force (695k, updated 09/03/08)

Monthly estimates of the labor force, employment, unemployment and unemployment rates for the states of Kansas and Missouri, the Kansas City MSA, the CSA, their component counties, and Douglas County.

Employment, Unemployment and Civilian Labor Force by City (605k, updated 09/03/08)

Monthly estimates of the labor force, employment, unemployment and unemployment rates for cities in the CSA and Douglas County with populations of 25,000 and over.